Patents by Inventor Yusuke Yokota

Yusuke Yokota has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240097317
    Abstract: In order to ensure isolation between a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a narrow space while reducing a size of an antenna device for a vehicle, an antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), a base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), and a first antenna element (122) and a second antenna element (123) that are accommodated in the accommodation space. The first antenna element (122) and the second antenna element (123) at least transmit or receive radio waves in different frequency bands. The first antenna element (122) at least partially has a meandering shape in a first direction that intersects polarization of radio waves transmitted or received by the second antenna element (123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO, Tomohiro HOSHI, Yusuke YOKOTA, Satoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11936101
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Kazuya Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20230335890
    Abstract: An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising: an antenna base that is attached to a predetermined site of a vehicle; an antenna case forming an accommodation space with the antenna base; a first antenna portion accommodated in the accommodation space and corresponding a first frequency band; and a second antenna portion accommodated in the accommodation space and corresponding a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, wherein at least a portion of a region of the first antenna portion and at least a portion of a region of the second antenna portion overlap each other, wherein a limiting circuit is connected to a power feeding portion of at least one antenna portion of the first antenna portion and the second antenna portion, and wherein the limiting circuit limits transmission of signals with frequencies outside a frequency band corresponded by the antenna portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Taiki MOCHIZUKI, Sadaharu KIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230335921
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna part, a board to which the antenna part is connected, an electronic circuit mounted on the board, and a reactance adjustment device that cancels reactance in a frequency band in use, the reactance causing electrical stress to be applied to a component of the electronic circuit. The board includes a board input part serving as an input interface with the antenna part, and the reactance adjustment device is mounted between the board input part and the electronic circuit, and is connected to a ground part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Akira KONDO
  • Patent number: 11761070
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member capable of suppressing deterioration in ductility thereof. In the method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member, an aluminum alloy casting material that contains 2.0 to 5.5 mass % of Cu, and 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Si in which a content of Mg is 0.5 mass % or less, a content of Zn is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Fe is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Mn is 0.5 mass % or less and the balance is made of Al and inevitable impurities is used. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member includes a heating and holding step of heating and holding the aluminum alloy casting material within a solid-liquid coexisting temperature region; and a quenching step of rapidly cooling the aluminum alloy casting material after performing the heating and holding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Hirotsune Watanabe, Makoto Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kawahara, Yasushi Iwata, Jun Yaokawa, Kazuma Hibi
  • Patent number: 11760389
    Abstract: A vehicle controller device including: a communication section configured to perform communication between an operation device external to a vehicle and another vehicle; a memory; and a processor that is coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information regarding a periphery of the vehicle from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan for the vehicle based on the peripheral information of the vehicle, acquire operation information to operate the vehicle from the operation device, control autonomous driving in which the vehicle travels based on the generated travel plan and also control remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on the acquired operation information, acquire peripheral information from the other vehicle in a case in which the processor is unable to acquire peripheral information, and hand over operation authority to the operation device when peripheral information is being acquired by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Matsushita, Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Publication number: 20230198135
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Kazuya FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20230176089
    Abstract: A contact terminal includes a tubular body and a first conductor. The tubular body has an end-side cutout provided in a shape cut out from one axial-direction end surface toward an other axial-direction side at one axial-direction end portion of the tubular body, a hole that is open at the one axial-direction end portion, and a pair of arms interposed between the end-side cutout and the hole. The first conductor includes a first insertion including an inclined portion having an outside diameter gradually increased toward one axial-direction side, and a first straight portion connected to the one axial-direction side of the inclined portion and having an outside diameter constant along the axial direction. The outside diameter of the first straight portion is larger than an inside diameter of the tubular body. The first straight portion is configured to be in contact with the pair of arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Norihiro OTA
  • Patent number: 11634164
    Abstract: An operation selection device includes a memory and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa, Makoto Matsushita, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11630442
    Abstract: To effectively utilize work information acquired by maintenance of an instrument in a plant, an apparatus is provided, which includes an acquisition unit that acquires work information about at least one of a calibration or an adjustment performed on the instrument in a plant; an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of data elements to be included in output information having a predetermined output format from the work information; and a generation unit that generates the output information from the plurality of data elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Shikaden Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouhei Furihata, Yusuke Yokota, Takahiro Kinoshita, Toshiaki Kase
  • Patent number: 11600909
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Kazuya Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11600445
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body including two major surfaces opposite to each other in a layer stacking direction, two side surfaces opposite to each other in a widthwise direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the layer stacking direction, and two end surfaces opposite to each other in a lengthwise direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the layer stacking direction and the widthwise direction, and external electrodes provided on the two end surfaces. A method for manufacturing the multilayer ceramic capacitor component includes preparing a plurality of multilayer bodies, stacking the plurality of multilayer bodies via a binder, rotating the plurality of multilayer bodies by about 90° with the lengthwise direction defining and functioning as an axis of rotation, and providing a side gap portion; and removing the binder from the multilayer body provided with the side gap portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Togo Matsui
  • Patent number: 11584399
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle is traveling by remote driving by a first driver from outside the vehicle or by occupant driving by the first driver in the vehicle, to a second state in which the vehicle travels by the remote driving or the occupant driving by a second driver who is different from the first driver, the processor is configured to cause transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle is caused to travel by automatic driving, and then cause transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 11586191
    Abstract: A device maintenance apparatus includes a test executor configured to cause a device to output an output signal based on a test pattern that changes the output signal output from the device with an elapse of time, and a change instructor configured to issue a change instruction for changing at least one of a progress of an output of the output signal based on the test pattern and an output value of the output signal to the test executor in accordance with an instruction input while the test executor causes the device to execute the output of the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Ryouhei Furihata
  • Patent number: 11584394
    Abstract: A vehicle controller device including: a communication section configured to receive operation information to operate a vehicle from an operation device located externally to the vehicle; a first memory; and a first processor, the first processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information regarding a periphery of the vehicle from a peripheral information detection section; generate a travel plan for the vehicle based on the peripheral information of the vehicle; control autonomous driving in which the vehicle travels based on the generated travel plan and also control remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on the received operation information; predict that a compromised state in which autonomous driving of the vehicle becomes compromised will arise based on environmental information including meteorological information received by the communication section; and notify the operation device of the compromised state in a case in which the compromised state has been predicted to arise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Matsushita, Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Publication number: 20230032904
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including internal electrode layers and dielectric layers alternately laminated therein, and external electrodes respectively on end surfaces in a length direction intersecting a lamination direction in the multilayer body, and being electrically connected to the internal electrode layers. The internal electrode layers each include an opposing portion and an extension portion. The opposing portion of one internal electrode layer is opposed to an opposing portion of another internal electrode layer adjacent in the lamination direction. The extension portion extends from the opposing portion and is connected to one of the external electrodes in the length direction. The dielectric layers each have a thickness of about 0.3 ?m or more and about 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20230032648
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna housing and an antenna element. The antenna element is accommodated in the antenna housing and receives signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band which is lower than the first frequency band. The antenna element includes a first element that receives signals in the first frequency band and a second element that surrounds the first element and receives signals in the second frequency band. The first element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, the second element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, and the conductive plates are provided in an identical plane or a substantially identical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi MIZUNO, Yusuke YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 11565724
    Abstract: An operation device including: an operation section configured to receive operation by a remote operator conferred with operation authority to operate a vehicle capable of autonomous driving; a communication section configured to transmit, to the vehicle, operation information for remote driving based on the operation received by the operation section; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire biometric information regarding the remote operator, determine whether or not a compromised state, in which operation of the vehicle by the remote operator is compromised, has arisen based on the acquired biometric information, and transfer operation authority of the vehicle to another remote operator in a case in which the compromised state has been determined to have arisen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Makoto Matsushita, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Publication number: 20220416408
    Abstract: An antenna device for vehicle that is attached to a vehicle, the antenna device for vehicle including: a resin base; a metal base arranged on the resin base; a metal plate whose portion is attached to the metal base so as to be superimposed on a portion of the metal base; a substrate arranged on the metal base; an antenna connected to the substrate; and a fixing portion which fixes the metal base and the substrate, wherein the fixing portion is positioned at a top-view superimposed area of the metal base and the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Takashi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11538636
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a laminate including dielectric ceramic layers and at least a pair of internal electrode layers laminated together, the laminate including a pair of main surfaces that oppose each other in a lamination direction, a pair of side surfaces that oppose each other in a width direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction, and a pair of end surfaces that oppose each other in a length direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the lamination direction and the width direction, a pair of side surface layers respectively provided on the side surfaces of the laminate, a pair of main surface layers covering interfaces between the laminate and the side surface layers respectively provided on the main surfaces of the laminate, and a pair of external electrodes respectively connected to the internal electrode layers respectively provided on the end surfaces of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Yokota